THE DOCKLAND SETTLEMENTS
Registered charity 306025 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DOCKLAND SETTLEMENTS
To establish, administer and carry on community centres in london and elsewhere in the UK. Those centres are to provide facilities for recreation and all types of physical, mental, moral, educational and cultural training in order to improve the lives of the neighbourhood's residents.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a final deficit of £25,355 for the year ended 31 March 2025, a significant improvement from the £132,097 deficit in the prior year. Total income increased to £1,014,990, while total expenditure was £1,018,374. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's status as a going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £190k; policy: between six months of operating expenditure)
“This provision has not been achieved this year but the Trustees hope to achieve this goal over the next few years” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The Charity employs one of the CEO's children, during the year they received total remuneration of £32,414 (2024 - £32,414) and employer's national insurance of £3,218 (2024 - £3,218). The employment contract and salary rates are part of the normal course of the Charity's operations and have been carried out on an arm's length basis.
“The Charity employs one of the CEO's children, during the year they received total remuneration of £32,414 (2024 - £32,414) and employer's national insurance of £3,218 (2024 - £3,218). The employment contract and salary rates are part of the normal course of the Charity's operations and have been carried out on an arm's length basis.” — page 37
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Barnes Roffe Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Dockland Settlements (matched by registered charity number).
Funders the charity credits
Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).
- Marks and Spencer's — “With the support of many funders and food suppliers including Marks and Spencer's, Sainsbury's and Fareshare, we are able to provide the mos…” (source page)
- Sainsbury's — “With the support of many funders and food suppliers including Marks and Spencer's, Sainsbury's and Fareshare, we are able to provide the mos…” (source page)
- Fareshare — “With the support of many funders and food suppliers including Marks and Spencer's, Sainsbury's and Fareshare, we are able to provide the mos…” (source page)
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- SHARMA, Shalini — director, appointed 09/12/2019on trustee list
- ELSON, Philip — director, appointed 20/11/2017on trustee list
- FAHNDRICH, Curt Werner Hayden — director, appointed 14/05/2014on trustee list
- CUNNINGHAM, Tracy Anne — director, appointed 29/05/2012on trustee list
- YOUNG, Martin Ford — director, appointed 29/05/2012on trustee list
- HORN, Mark Patrick Seebold — director, appointed 01/04/2005not on trustee list
- STEAD, Alan George — director, appointed 01/04/2005not on trustee list
- MEYER, Montague John — director, appointed 04/07/1995on trustee list
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£17k
Reported reserves equal ~2.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (57% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Newham · Southwark · Tower Hamlets
Income and spending
Common questions
Is THE DOCKLAND SETTLEMENTS financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a final deficit of £25,355 for the year ended 31 March 2025, a significant improvement from the £132,097 deficit in the prior year. Total income increased to £1,014,990, while total expenditure was £1,018,374. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's status as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Barnes Roffe Audit Limited.
Who funds THE DOCKLAND SETTLEMENTS?
Funders whose own accounts filings name THE DOCKLAND SETTLEMENTS as a grant recipient include EAST END COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, ROTHERHITHE CONSOLIDATED CHARITIES.
Known funders
Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.
Government & lottery funding
Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).
Funders of similar charities
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Side by side with its peers
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